tell congress to shut it down. paid for by the dawn project. what happens when the main water source for the southwest begins to run dry? the colorado river serves 40 million people their drinking water, powers their homes, and irrigates 90% of the nation's winter farmed greens. to all those demands, add the stress of a 22-year drought, and you have the makings of a crisis. >> these white bathtub rings, is this where the water used to be? >> absolutely. in need of some hopeful news? so were these students and their families.

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fastest growing cities, nourishes some of our most fertile fields, and powers $1.4 trillion in annual economic activity. the river runs more than 1,400 miles from headwaters in the rockies to northern mexico where it ends in a trickle. seven states and 30 native american tribes lie in the colorado river basin. as we first reported in october, the river has been running dry due to the historically severe drought. the majestic, meandering colorado river, that cut throgh these red cliffs, carving the grand canyon, is a wonder of nature and human ingenuity. the glen canyon dam created lake powell and 300 miles down river, lake mead sits behind the hoover dam. these reservoirs are being sucked dry by 40 million straws,

that's the number of people in booming western states who depend on the colorado to quench their thirst, power than homes, water lawns, and splash in the sun. its waters irrigate farms that produce 90% of the country's winter greens. to all these demands, add the stress of a 22-year drought as dry as any period in 1,200 years, and you have a river in crisis. these white bathtub rings, is this where the water used to be? >> absolutely. >> brad udall, a climate scientist at colorado state university, went out on lake powell with us. all of this would have been underwater? >> yeah. >> what does this tell you about what's happening on the colorado river? >> well, it's a signal of the long-term problem we have been seeing since the year 2000, which is climate change is reducing the flows of the colorado significantly.

>> lake powell and lake mead, the two biggest reservoirs in the country, were nearly full in 2000. today, they are at about 27% capacity. >> the lake is 155 feet below full. it's dropped something like 50 feet this year. >> and it's still dropping? >> yes. that's when power generation actually comes into question. >> it will drop so low it may not be able to -- >> it may not be able to generate power. >> hydroelectric power? >> yeah. >> brad udall has strong connections to the river. as secretary of the interior, his uncle stewart udall opened the glen canyon dam. his father, congressman mo udall, fought to channel river water to arizona. as a young man, brad was a colorado river guide. today, he analyzes the impact of climate change on water resources. is the west on a collision

course with climate change? >> in some ways yes. but we have fully utilized this system. we have over allocated it. we now need to think about how to turn some of this back. because the only lever we control right now in the river is the demand lever. we have no control over the supply. we have to dial back demand. >> 70% of colorado river water goes to agriculture. when the federal government declared the water shortage, it triggered mandatory cutbacks. pinal county, arizona, got hit hard. >> pinal county alone will lose 300,000 acre feet of surface water. that's water that would be delivered from lake powell, lake mead, as part of the colorado river. 300,000 acre feet is 98 billion gallons of water.

>> wallen wuertz farms 500 acres here south of phoenix. his family has tilled soil here for four generations. it is some of the most productive land in the state. crops from pinal county are shipped all over the country. wuertz grows gourdes, cotton and alfalfa. profitable but thirsty crops. his allotment of colorado river water is being cut by 70%. this is colorado river water? >> yep. kind of the lifeline of our irrigated ag here. >> this comes straight from lake mead? >> through hundreds of miles of canal system. it made its way down here to central arizona. >> what percentage of your water is supplied by this canal? >> it's been close to 50% of the water that we have used to farm here. this next year, it's probably going to drop down to about 20% of the water that we use.

>> that's one-seventh of what he was getting a decade ago. to use less water and make ends meet, wuertz sold more than 300 acres to a solar farm. he dipped into retirement funds to repair and restart old wells. he laser levelled his fields to make irrigation more efficient. >> but it's just not enough in the middle of this drought? >> no, it's not. >> so he told us, he will have to leave 150 acres uncultivated. >> what you see green is going to die. i hope we have enough water to plant it in the future. more than likely it will stay brown for quite some time. >> all the water users have to give up something to keep that water in the lake. >> amelia flores is chairwoman of the colorado river indian tribes. the oldest and largest water rights in arizona.

after being moved to reservations, southwest tribes got rights to about a quarter of the river's flow. government red tape and lack of infrastructure have prevented them from using their full allotment. flores told us until this drought, tribes were never included in water negotiations. why had you not had a seat before this? >> because the tribes have always been overlooked in the policy making and in the law of the river. that day has come to an end. >> when western states first divvied up the colorado river in 19 2 and later when the federal government built the hoover and glen canyon dams the future seemed boundless and manageable. through negotiation and court battles, states worked out agreements, the law of the river, to split the water

equally between upper and lower basin states. the lower states used just about all their allotment. it has fed their tremendous growth. the upper states have never used their full share. now they are booming and say they need the water they have been promised. i can see bathtub rings around here, too. >> we are trying to keep every drop of water into this reservoir for next year's drinking water. >> zach manages the water system for washington county in southwest utah. st. george, the county seat, is one of the fastest growing metro areas in the u.s. its population grew 29% this past decade. the state of utah gets about a quarter of its water from the colorado. most of washington county has only one source, the virgin river, which fills this reservoir. >> right now, we are in the process of implementing strict conservation measures. if the cities don't adopt those standards then we'll be out of water very quickly. >> what's very quickly?

>> within the next five to ten years. >> in the midst of this drought, utah is proposing to build a $1 billion to $2 billion pipeline, able to bring 27 billion gallons of water a year from dwindling lake powell. utah says it is entitled to the water by law. you are talking about siphoning off water from a lake that's already at a critically low level to help a city grow in the desert. >> every state on the colorado river was allotted so much water. a water budget. with their water budget, the state of utah decided they want to use a portion of its water here in st. george, utah. >> it was a budget set when water was plentiful. it isn't anymore. what is utah hoping for? >> utah wants the right to do what ever other basin state has done. we want water for our future, for a hotter, drier scenario that's coming up.

>> building a multibillion dollar pipeline to pump out more water from an already rapidly declining reservoir simply doesn't make sense in the 21st century. >> jb hamby is vice president of the board that runs california's imperial irrigation district. one of the richest agricultural regions in the country, with the single largest allocation of water on the entire river. >> there's a lot of urban growth and sprawl occurring in other parts of the colorado river basin that's really not necessarily sustainable. >> hamby says california's imperial valley farms have cut water usage almost 16% since 2003. but points out, as the population of st. george, utah, grows, so does its water use. >> we need to think and rethink about how we grow and if we grow and where we grow. >> st. george would say they're not asking for more. they're asking for what they need. >> i think what we all need to

have is a reality check here and recognize that we live in an era of limits right now. that's not going away any time soon. in fact, it's only going to get worse. >> a big part of the problem is the law of the river itself. a hodgepodge of rules and regulations pieced together over the course of a century. for example, after all the litigation and negotiations, the law ends up allocating more water than actually flows down the colorado. and this. in times of shortage, channels that provide more than a third of arizona's water must run dry before california is required to cut back. wait a minute. arizona is being called on to cut its water intake before california has to give up even one drop. >> pretty amazing. it can't work in today's world. in some ways, it's a microcosm

of the whole hog of the river with the systems that have been put in place that just don't work. they can't work. that's why a rethink is needed. >> one example of rethinking, the colorado river indian tribes agreed to leave fields uncultivated, leaving 48 billion gallons, almost 3 feet of water, in lake mead. the state of arizona agreed to pay them for their losses. >> my people want to help during this drought. we want to save the river because for centuries, the river has always taken care of us. now we have to take care of the river. >> that's what negotiations are all about. right? it may be there are ways to conserve and figure out how to get the same goods and services for less water. let's let ag grow crops that use less water. let's figure out how to make cities use water as efficiently

as possible. we need some optimism here, right? >> but as we saw at this meeting of pinal county farmers, optimism is in short supply. >> the farmer who is prepared, worked the land, farmed the land is getting the short end of the stick. >> farmers here and across the southwest feed the country. it takes more than two-thirds of the colorado river to produce the bounty. with lake levels dropping, farmers like wallin fear their fertile fields could become desert again. >> you will see a change of what next year has to bring. for my particular family farm, we're doing all we can to keep it going. i have a feeling it's a matter of time before none of this exists. of time. >> the federal government is calling for drastic action to keep the colorado river system afloat, urging the basin states to conserve as much as 4 million

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you have to admire the ambition of an inner-city high school that calls itself johnson college prep. especially when a third of the students have no permanent home and many dodge violence just to get to class. but the students in this chicago public school believe in their name. they have done the work, and they have been accepted to college. trouble is, few have the money to go. johnson college prep needed something like a miracle.

and this past winter, we were there when the miracle called hope chicago arrived. >> when would you have a slope of zero? >> johnson college prep on chicago's south side embraces nearly 500 students. >> every student that walks in our door deserves an opportunity to be engaged by staff members who love them for no other reason except the fact that they are one of our students. >> principal jonas cleaves knows the names and the dreams in the halls of johnson college prep. college is your middle name. >> absolutely. absolutely. that's why we are here. we want kids to have a shot. >> but on the south side, a shot is hobbled by stumbling blocks. and tall barriers on a narrow path to the dream. one-third of households here bring in less than $25,000 a year.

>> right now, at least 40% of our senior class have identified either themselves or very close relatives being impacted by gun violence. imagine the trauma associated with that. >> you must worry about them when they're not under this roof. >> it's a struggle. we go on thanksgiving break or any holiday break, we get those calls when there's a student who has been shot or assaulted. we receive those calls from parents and students who need support financially with a major bill. >> for a lot of your students, school is the safest, best part of the day. >> it's a sanctuary. >> and an inspiration. johnny cunningham joined marine corps junior rotc to add ammo to his many applications for financial aid.

>> because i am in 1,000 programs all at once, including rotc, debate, honors and ap classes. i have taken college courses. i'm trying to do the most that i can to make college the least expensive. >> father, we thank you for watching over us this morning, waking us up. >> kivarian newsome's hopes lean on faith. >> amen. >> he told us that's how he endured being raised by his grandmother who was drug addicted at the time. >> i have so much faith in god, i'm not even going to worry about money. anything i put in god's hands, never fails. i know he will come through. i know it for a fact. >> we have students who are doing construction, working in warehouses, working the night shift, getting off at 6:00 a.m. and coming to school. >> you got to admire the

dedication and the character. >> what could that kid do if given the chance? >> we told the students we were writing a story about college ambition, which wasn't the whole truth. we knew what was about to happen because we had met the man who would change their lives. >> i'm a guy who got really lucky in life. i'm a guy who won a lot of lotteries, the birth lottery, the zip code lottery, the education lottery. when i think about having won all those lotteries and all the people who are suffering, it's my chance to give them the same opportunities. that's who i am. >> he is pete kadens, a chicago millionaire who retired at 40 after starting five companies, including one of the largest growers of cannabis. sense of guilt? >> yes. 100%. i feel horribly guilty i created this amount of wealth and that so many people are suffering.

>> suffering, in his view, because the richest country in history has not found a way to educate all its children. >> i used to think college and going to college was the great equalizer. in truth, what we have come to find out, college is the great stratifier in this country. it furthers the gap between the haves and the have nots. most people don't realize that. they don't realize how expensive for a minority student in a disinvested community. you don't get financial aid. if they do, they come out with a boat load of debt. they can't compete with the white suburban contemporary, even after college. i think that fundamentally, there's a misunderstanding in this country that college is accessible to everybody. the fact is, no, it is not. >> but it was about to be accessible at johnson college prep. when everyone is assembled and no one knows why, you're going to look across that room and what are you going to see?

>> i'm going to see students and families who deserve this moment. you asked me earlier about students that we have lost. we often tell our families in those moments to hang in there, stay in the fight, don't give up, a better day is coming. this is their better day. >> ajohnny cunningham was there. beside kivarian newsom. they didn't know what the assembly was about. or who pete kadens was. >> good afternoon, johnson college prep. >> but they will never forget. >> you're going to walk out of here forever changed today. that is because if you are a freshman, sophomore, junior or a senior at johnson college prep, your college tuition, your room and board, your books are paid for. you will go to college for free! >> free.

kadens charity called hope chicago will pay in-state tuition and expenses, an action of kindness so great it had to be squeezed to fit within belief. that same week, kadens made the same announcement at four additional chicago high schools. >> look, we are operating in a city here in chicago where the number one cause of death for children under the age of 18 is gunshot wounds. we're not going to wait anymore. it's now or never. >> how many tuitions in chicago altogether? >> we will end up funding about 30,000 individuals to go to college or trade school in the city of chicago. >> over what period of time? >> over the next decade. that makes this the largest scholarship program in the country. >> they deeply appreciated pete kadens. he told us he knew who he needed to thank. >> well, i didn't get pray about

the assembly yet because i'm still trying to process all of the feelings because of what happened. it was simply amazing. god will get special time from me tonight. >> in the assembly, there was more. just when a better day couldn't be any better, janice jackson took the stage. the former ceo of chicago public schools is the new head of hope chicago. >> pete left one important part out. parents, you are going back to school, too. >> hope chicago is sending a parent or guardian from each family to college. for ajohnny cunningham's mother incomprehension was finally broken by the memories of her dreams deferred. >> we have always had a too close relationship with poverty and lack. >> once homeless, yolanda white,

a single mother, cleared a path for five children. two through college already. >> i have taken all the hits. now they can go and understand that i have been the shield. they can be free to do what they want to do with their lives. >> now, it's her turn. she would like to take technology classes to grow her baking business. ajohnny, your mom's ferocious. >> she's amazing. >> the idea of parents and students going to school together, i think that can be powerful and motivating in ways we haven't thought about. >> janice jackson, the former head of chicago schools, told us she decided to take pete she decided to take pete kadens' offer to run hope chicago largely because of tuition for parents. what do you expect to happen from the fact that you are sending the parents to college? >> i expect them to get better jobs. they will be in a position to take care of their families. i was talking to one parent who told me she had two jobs.

that is a barrier. i think when you strengthen the family, you strengthen whole communities. ultimately, we will make our country stronger. >> you are not trying to educate this young generation. you are trying to fix the south side of chicago. >> we have to catch up. that's the bottom line. i may be biased, but i do believe education is the single most powerful way to disrupt generational poverty. it is. for some of our parents, once they have children, they put hopes and dreams on hold. this is an opportunity to get back in the game. >> of course, money isn't everything. kadens told us counselors working with hope chicago will guide parents and students all the way to success. >> these students need life skills training. they need mentorship. they need financial literacy. they need guidance counseling and curriculum advice. what hope chicago brings with our partner agencies is we wrap all those services around those

students so they're not just stranded with a boatload of cash. they have people and teams around them to engage them so they can make it through college. >> poverty is inter-generational. >> hope chicago is pete kadens' second tuition charity. in 2020, he funded scholarships in toledo, his hometown. kadens has pledged $15 million p his hope chicago partner ted koenig kicked in $10 million. corporations are also donating. >> we're going to college for free. >> we're going to college for free. >> hope chicago will cost $1 billion, which some call ambitious. >> when they say ambitious, they don't necessarily mean it in a positive way. they mean crazy. here is what we know, scott. if we educate our families, we will resolve a lot of the violence issues. we will start to put pharmacies and office buildings and grocery stores into the communities. so yeah, we may be crazy, but

this is an economic development investment as much as an educational investment. we have to do it. >> so many people who have lived young lives like yours with all these obstacles are just casualties in america. >> right. >> i wonder why you are sitting here doing so well and going to college next. >> because i never gave up. it's like, okay, you know how you can play basketball, every shot you shoot will not always go into the net. but i guarantee you, if you try over and over and over again to shoot that ball, one time it's going to go into the net. that's how i live my life on trying this thing over and over again. every day we wake up, we have new mercy and new grace. >> you drained a three during the assembly today. >> i'm still processing those feelings.

today, i will remember this day for the rest of my entire life. i will never forget this day. >> grace and prosperity, once raised monuments on the south side. now even with so much forsaken, pete kadens sees through the neglect to the vibrance still inside. >> i think many communities around this country can have hope. why can't there be hope in peoria and indianapolis and charlotte? i would love to see other philanthropists in other communities take up this endeavor and own it. >> calling all billionaires. >> billionaires, corporations. what we are doing is action. we want our corporations, our foundations to join us in this action.

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with europe convulsed by war, a campy intercontinental song contest might seem especially frivolous. it's worth remembering, that was the original point. eurovision launched in 1956 in part a post-world war ii effort to unify europe. a cross between the olympics and "american idol." today it is the world's largest and whackiest musical event. it consumes the continent for weeks each year. the semifinals and finals draw an audience of more than 160 million for a contest that might pit a bulgarian crooner against

a german disco act. eurovision 2022 took place in turin, italy, last may. right before that, we went to iceland, a country of 350,000 souls with an outsized passion for eurovision, to meet their contenders. for all the snow-capped mountains and rainbows in reykjavik, the essence of iceland revealed itself one saturday in march inside this fertilizer factory converted into a concert hall. ♪ rapping their way out of a giant disco ball. the daughters of reykjavik. the odds-on favorite to win iceland's annual song contest. ♪ it's a national preliminary. a sort of play-in tournament to determine who will represent the country at eurovision in italy this year. ♪ tell me the name of the contest. backstage, the evening's hosts

graciously approved of our pronunciation and explained eurovision's appeal. >> we have darkness here nine months a year. this is kind of antidepressant that takes us from darkness into the light. all the nation -- we don't agree on anything in iceland in general except for we love swimming pools and we love eurovision. >> dancing by itself in the north atlantic, iceland uses eurovision as a bridge to the continent. land of volcanos and blue lagoons, once the province of vikings and now proudly progressive. ♪ runar gislason is executive producer of the icelandic contest. he accompanies the winners to eurovision. >> we are very few people in

iceland on an island isolated. we just love to meet the world and connect and unite with people all over the world. >> this helps you feel more a part of europe? >> definitely. ♪ >> eurovision is a traveling circus with a big tent. one you truly have to see to believe. ♪ 40 countries send 1 act. over the years, they have run the gamut. to perform a three-minute song for a panel of judges and millions of televoters. you cannot vote for your own country. the winning country gets bragging rights and hosts eurovision the following year. ♪ italy won last year for the third time with a rock act. a nordic country lays claim to eurovision's most famous winner. ♪ that would be abba in 1974. the swedes with six wins with are the contest powerhouse.

no country rocks out to eurovision harder than iceland. it joined nato in 1949, but locals joke the country really arrived on the international scene in 1986, when it was first admitted to eurovision. >> the whole nation didn't think about anything else but the competition. ♪ we had watched it for several years and enjoyed it. but now we were in the competition. we really thought that we would win the competition. we were absolutely sure about that. >> iceland's president goodney ohanison recalls the letdown. he was 17 then. now he is the rare world leader who clears his schedule and opens the doors of his residence to talk eurovision. >> i remember that as if it happened yesterday. it was like, what? zero points for iceland. we ended up in 16th place. it was a reality check for us

icelanders. >> help us understand what this contest means to this country. >> well, we're a small nation. me, my mother and so on. we still like to believe that we can compete with the big guys and the big girls. >> what makes for a good icelandic entry into this continent-wide contest? >> i'm no expert but the catchiness is the key factor. there has to be something that grabs you. ♪ >> at the final round, five acts belted out original compositions. one catchier than the next. ♪ >> we call it the icelandic song contest. and the eurovision song contest. but everybody knows it's not only about the song. it's about the act. ♪ let's go ♪ it's about the lightning and the glimmer and the show of it.

>> the feminist hip hop collective certainly got that memo. tell me the name of the band. which means? >> daughters of reykjavik. >> oh my god. >> after everything like this. >> how long have you known each other? >> nine years. >> we have been a band for nine years. >> we decided this fall, let's do it this year. that means, we have to go 190% in. you know? ♪ >> unquestionably the most chill of iceland's hopefuls, these sisters. their kid brother on drums performing a country song. unplugged, as it were. ♪ music runs in their blood. their mother competed here. >> she came second. i was very disappointed. like, why?

>> disappointment is a repeating beat in iceland's relationship with eurovision. >> we never won the thing. as you know. twice been close. twice in second place. >> an historian by trade, the president is a trove of eurovision trivia. >> i can easily recall winning entries in '86, in '76, if i remember correctly. >> it would be an act of journalistic malpractice if i didn't ask you to sing. >> i sing in the bathtub. i sing in the shower. do i sing live in "60 minutes"? >> he sure does. ♪ save your kisses for me ♪ ♪ save all your kisses for me ♪ >> so on and so forth. that's all the singing you are going to get from me. ♪

>> that song won for the uk. while there's no big check or recording contract at stake, the winner gets an undeniable career boost. celine dion of quebec went global after a win for switzerland in the '80s. the rules allow for ringers explains dave goodman of eurovision. most acts sing for native countries. >> julio inglesias did euro vision. won for spain. >> true. but he didn't always care to admit it. i gather he wasn't always so forthcoming about his eurovision past. >> in the 1980s, he was on record as denying he took part. there was a period when it wasn't seen as fashionable. to say you had done this competition because it's changed a lot over the years. >> in some corners, people might look down their nose at eurovision. >> there has been certainly over the years the idea that it is low culture.

the eurovision song contest. it's popular. it's entertainment. we have had hamster wheels on stage. we have had pianos on fire. the great thing about eurovision is that you can come with anything you like. ♪ >> iceland pushed the eurovision envelope three years ago with a group self-described anti-capitalist performance artists. as icelanders do, the whole country adopted the look and learned the lyrics. >> we were all going to die, the end. >> this doom music. >> yeah. >> after performing in the finals, held in israel that year, they snuck a palestinian banner under their clothes and raised it on camera. i gather iceland was fined for that. >> yeah. it was 500,000 icelandic kronos. that's not very much. they should have paid it, the guys. but we did. >> you paid their fine?

>> yeah, yeah. we didn't charge them for it. >> we are very protective. about the fact this isn't a political program. not a political competition. >> and yet, the union of european broadcasters that puts on the competition has banned russia this year. ukraine meanwhile selected its act just days before the invasion. what can you tell us about the ukrainian act this year? >> they are an orchestra. their song is a tribute to their mother. we believe that they have dispensation to travel, to come here. >> leave ukraine? >> to leave ukraine. we very much hope we will see them in turin. >> back in reykjavik, a group of fans had ukraine on their minds as they arrived by chartered party boat for the final. backstage, it was easy to forget that, ultimately, this is a competition.

tension emerged later in the a of jfaing ho.theul and'fielwawi to ts. the daughters and the sisters. then -- upset! few in the venue were more shocked than the sisters themselves. i feel like i'm talking to athletes after a big game. >> we feel like it. the first time we competed in anything. >> we suck at sports. >> it's not a typical eurovision song. >> it's like an out of body experience right now. >> oh, my gosh. >> after hugging their parents and, of course, the head of state, they set off across europe on a tour of pre-parties making new fans on the road just as they try to make eurovision history for their country. why hasn't iceland won this damn thing?

>> it's about keep trying. ♪ a song like iceland's can do well. because it connects. i think that's what the secret of eurovision is, creating a connection. ♪ >> the sisters will perform the song in icelandic. ♪ tell me what the lyrics mean. >> darkness of winter, the sun rises. melt the hearts. >> with all due respect, sounds better in your native tongue. >> i told you. i told you. ♪ >> so for all the flaming pianos, iceland will try and snap its eurovision losing streak with a harmony about the sun rising after prolonged darkness. >> we are just escaping from this pandemic. there's a war going on in

europe. who would have believed that? eurovision is fun. doesn't matter one thing in the larger scheme of things. if you think like that, if you never have fun, then we are doomed. >> more important now than ever maybe. >> exactly. make so not war. some things never get lost in translation. iceland made it all the way to eurovision's final round last spring. ukraine's orchestra, sentimental favorites as predicted, took home this year's title. more on tonight's stories, including what is it like to be in college with a hope scholarship? >> i love campus life. >> go to 60minutes overtime.com. sponsored by pfizer. open. it's a beautiful word.

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